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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-20
THE BATTLE-FLAGS.

Ex-Secretary Lincoln Denies that He APP
proved q Proposition for Their Return.
Chicago Special.
The attention of ex-Secretary Lincoln was
this morning called to q statement in one of the
morning newspapers to the effect that he had.
toward the close of his administ straton of the af-
fairs of the War Department., approved pre-
cisely similar suggestion from General Drura in
regard to these flags. He said
Il do not remember any action of minere-
specting the rebel flags in the War Department..
certainly never seriously considered nor had in
my mind any idea of approving any action re-
specting these flags which would give
any one the right to suppose that thought
less to be reprobated now than it was when the
war was going on. The captured rebel flags
found their natural restinc-place at the closa of
in the succeeding years, should, in my view, be
permitted to disappear in dust where they are.
Certainly, as l think, the government should
not take such action concerning them as would
seem to approve and stimulate sentiment or
veneration toward these captured rebel flags as
relics of defeated patriotic cause. This would
be one result of returning them to the Govern
OF the Southern States.
Again. it was the patriotic theory ia the war
that the Southern States were not in rebellion.
but that they were only out of their practical
relations to the Union through the turbulence OF
a majority of their slave-holding citizens. Re-
turning these flags to the Governors OF those
States Is a governmental reputation OF that
theory. Such action would also have tendency
to teach our children in the North that the prin-
ciples for which their fathers fought are not SO
much more deserving of respect and yeneration
than those involved in the rebellion as we have
wished to teach them. There is no need of fight
ing the of the rebellion again. But
there is equally little need of Its being proclaimed
by the government that it was not wholly in the
right in fighting the rebellion twenty y-five years
ago. and that the rebellion was not a wicked at
tempt to overturn great. free republic"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-20
Cardinal Manning's Tribute.

LONDON, June 19-Cardinal Manning, in
letter to the clergy. read to-day in the Catholic
churches, said:
mo sovereign in long annals has been
more loved, OF has won the love of the people,
as her Majesty. Queen Victoria. She has shown
the heart not only of a queen, but also of a
mother of those who mourn. Her home and her
court have been bright and spotless example
for all who reign and pattern for all her people.
You will, l am sure, With Joy offer our Heavenly
Father both thanksgiving and prayers for her
Majesty on the jubilee of her just and happy
raipp.u
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-20
General Notes.

WAsHINGToN, June 19.-Ex Treasurer Con-
rad n. Jordan was last night presented with
magnificent silver punch bowl by his friends in
the Office of the United States Treasurer.
President Cleveland presented the diplomas
at the commencement of the colcred high school
on Friday evening. and on Tuesday afternoon
he will be present to do the same thing at the
normal and hieh-school commencement
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-20
Illinois Village Destroyed by Fire.

PEKIs, ILL.,, June lo. Tho village of Wash
burn, Woodford county was wiped out by fire
early yesterday morning. Seventeen of the
business houses completely destroyed.
The fire originated in III. j. Tazer's store, and
as the village had no fire proteetion whatever.
everything burned. The loss will approximate
500. 600. There is about $40, 900 insurance. The
ire Ia supposed TO be Of iucsndiary origin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-20
Cbicago schuetzen yerein.

CHICAGO, June 19.-The fifth annual shooting
tournament of the Chicago Schuetzen Veren
opened to-day and will continue until Wednes
day Besides the local associations. there are
in attendance delegates from the organizations
of St. Louis South St Louis, Cincinnati, Dav-
enport, Ia; Milwaukee, Wis; La Crosse. Wis;
Dubuque. Ia; Toledo. o.; 3eevile. ILL.,; Bloom
ington and Peoria. Ed Berger. of Davenport.
won silver cup to-day. Emil Berger. also of
Davenport, received cup and gold medal.
wOy, nrixes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-20
F0rger wiIson Arrested.

TORONTO, Ont. June 19.-Jamss A. L. Will
son, the Philadelphia forger, was arrested in
this city last night He has been living here
with hls wife aud family under an assumed
name for the past two months. His defalca-
tions are reported TO amount TO 5000, ,000
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-20
Cable NOtes.

Emperor William passed good night. He
arose at noon yesterday and dined with the
Grand Duchess of Baden
OF the party of pilgrims who, while crossing
the Danube at Paks. were thrown into the water
by the capsizng OF the boat 127 were rescued
and eighty-seven still missing. The bodies
of 101 who were drowned have been recovered.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-20
Citizens Shot by Soldiers.

VIENNA. June 19.-At Matterdorf, Hungary,
Saturday, during election. the gen-darmes
attacked by Croatian electors. In the
flict FIVE of the citizens were shot dead. The
election was suspended.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-20
WHEN INDICATIONS.
MONDAY-Fair weather; nearly stationary
temperature.
A Summer Habit!

The thermometer seems to have on it's full
summer habit. This is always high in the
neck, have you observedP The thermometer
is never decollete except at just the time you
would think it ought not to be-winter.
Then it goes very low in the neck. indeed.
You and the Thermometer
Differ in this @In fact, it is kind of game
of "teeter' between you. As the ther-
mometer goes up you go down, and vice
versa, as it were. That is to say, in these hot
Gays you want low-necked, open front goods,
and we remark that the place to get them is
with u.s.
We have some new lines of white and fancy
Marseilles Vests and Linen Vests, both full
dress and semi-dress. Now is the time of
year for them, and you can get a pick out of
full stock by coming at once to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-20

Steamship News.
New YoRK, June l9.-Arriyed; Laboureogne,
Gom HaYre.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
The South American Gaucho.

The Gaucho (gowcho) of the PAM
pas is the most interesting character
on the continent. He is the descend
ant of the aristocratic Spanish don and
the women of the Guarani race. a
species unknown to any other part of
the world, whose nearest likeness is the
Bedouin of Arab He is at once the
most INDECENT and the most active of
human beings, for when he is not in
the saddle, devouring space on the
back of a tireless broncho, he is Sleep
ing in apatnetic Incidence among his
mlstresses or gambling with his chums.
Half savage and half courtier, the
Gaucho is as courteous as he is cruel,
ami will thrum an air On the native
mandolin with the same ease and
1aOachGt0aace as he will murder a fell
low-being or slaughter steer. He
recognizes no law but his own will
and the unwritten code of the cattle
range, and all violations of this code
are punished by Punishment or death.
Whoever offends him must fight or
fly, and his vengeance is as enduring
as it is vigilant. He never shoots, or
strikes with his fist, and his only
weapons are the short knife, which is
never absent from his hand or his
belt, the lasso, and the 'sbolas," inn
plements of his trade, offensive and
defensive. A fight between Gauchos
is always to the death, and it is the
duty of him who kills to see that his
victim is decently buried, and the
widow and orphans cared for. The
widow, if she pleases him, becomes
his mistress, and the orphans grow
up to be Gauchos under his tutelage.
AS superstitious as a Hindoo, peace
able when quite sober, but regardless
of God and man when drunk, as brave
as a hon, as active as q panther, with
an endurance equal to any test, faith
full to his friends, as implacable as
fate to any one who offends him, he
has exercised powerful influence
upon the destiny of the Argentine Re
public, and retarded civilization until
overcome by an increased immigration
of foreigners William b. Curtis, IN,
Hdrper's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
Ingenious Rodents.

The other day the cook in Gaze
novia home filled a large jar with
fresh cookies, covered it with plate,
and closed the store-room with sigh
of relief. The next morning she found
a troop of rats had eaten every cake,
and evidently during the surfeit a
combat had deepened, for the plate
was broken and the walls, floor, and
other surroundings were spattered
with blood as the result of rat fight.
This incident reminds correspondent
that not very long ago a servant in
one of our best families was severely
reproved for leaving the cork out of
the molasses jug. In vain she protest
ed. 1t was out again, and ''she left it
out" Just as matters were at a crisis,
the master of the house CHANGED to
pass the cellar-door and saw rat
astride the jug with its tail in the con-
tents, which he carefully drew out for
his mate to eat off the sweet. This
operation was repeated until the recip-
lent was satisfied, when an exchange
was made with the same result. A
period in this bit of natural history
was an order in disgust from the
householder to bury jug, contents, and
associations deep in the earth. Utica
Observer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
One White and Two Spotted.

"Misinterpreted messages sometimes
play havoc with the hopes of tele-
phone subscribers, said a downtown
Central the other night. And then he
told a story:
James j" is an uptown livery
stable man. and his best friend is DR.
William OBJ. The doctor is some
thing of a dog fancier, and takes GREAT
interest in his pack of bird dogs. One
of his canine pets is called Fanny. out
of compliment to James G-'s wife.
and the doctor had promised James
the pick of her babies when she gave
birth to litter. 1t happened recent
ly that at James's house active prepar-
ations we.e being made for the recep-
ton of an heir. A few days ago James
was called to the telephone in his of
fice- He thought the crisis in his do
nestle affairs had arrived. This is
what he heard as he adjusted the re-
ceiver to his ear:
"Hello! Is that you, Jamesps
Yes. Who are your"
CDR. OBJ. Are YOU busvp"
Not particularly so. Can do any,
thing for you?"
Yes. Come to the house as soon
as possible. Triplets just born to
white and two spotted.
beau"
But James had fallen in fit.-Ne,c
York. San.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24

The victories won by the United
States troops in Mexico years ago have
generally been ascribed to the super
Tor fighting qualities of the Americans
over the Mexicans. But Capt. Lester
S. Bartlett of the Spencer Rife COM
pany, who was recently in Mexico,
mentioned this theory: IAN old Mex
lean soldier told me that it was the
American sharpshooters that broke up
their troops. ALI over Mexico you
find what are called arroyas. They
are what we would call gulches, and
occur everywhere in the plains. They
have precipitous banks, and men some
times walk into them without seeing
them. They seem to be the riffs at
the bottom of sea, which one day
may have covered the country. The
American rifemen would drop into
these arroyas, which formed natural
rifle pits for them. and, having super
Tor rifles for those days. were able to
pick off the Mexicans before the latter
got within shooting distance with their
beII-mouth guns The slaughter that
resulted always broke up the Mexicans
before they got within fighting dis
tance. "-New York Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
A Cows Cud.

''There is great excitement on the
place when a cow loses her cud," said
the old farmer. 1.-The boys run as
fast as they can for the COW doctor,
and we all turn to and get things ready
for him. The cow stands with her
head down and neck stretched out,
and is altogether the most woe-begone
animal you ever saw"
s.What will happen if she doesn't
find the cud?"
s'She will starve to death. You see
a cow has four stomachs, and what
she eats through the day goes into the
first one And at night she brings up
some of the food from the first stom-
ach and masticates it. This is called
chewing the cud. After she has done
this it goes to the second stomach and
is digested. If she loses her cud she
can't pass the food from the first stom-
ach to the second, and is bound to
starve.
when the doctor arrives he slaps
the cows sides, twists her tail, and
looks in her mouth. Then be calls for
a piece of salt Goldfish and puts it IN
her mouth. If that fails to bring the
cud he rubs her throat and calls for
slippery elm. He puts a wad of il
into her jaws and tries to get her to
chew. That failing, he tries bunch
of grass and wad of willow leaves
If all fail, a live frog is brought and
started down the cows throat. This
never fails. The cow gives heave
when the frog tickles the wIndpipe
and up comes frog and cud."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24

| late, however, it has proved to be
worth many times the amount paid
for it.
Surveying and improving these
various additions kept Uncle Sam busy,
but his wealth grew all the time. At
length some of his family became
aristocratic, and developed a taste for
ice-cream, seal-skin furs, and other
arctic luxuries.
Feeling that he could we'll afford to
invest few millions for comforts of
this kind, the generous uncle bar
gained with the czar of Russia for
tract of land about one-fifth as
large as his already extensive landed
possessions. There were several large
ice-houses on this piece. but Uncle
Sam cared not so much for them as
for the good hunting and fishing. A
bargain was struck, and the old man
planked down 1920, 900, cold, hard,
money.
This gave the silurians a chance to
weep, but with his usual vim, Sam
went to work and explored the coun-
try, and soon showed that it was dirt
cheap at the price paid for it. In
fact, he made sum equal to its cost
out of the furs and fisheries in the first
few years. And then with his usual
luck he found the largest gold mine
yet discovered. For Ia 8 alone he was
offered $36,O0O,000. He also found
coal and other minerals of considerable
value in his Alaska tract, and thou
sands of acres of valuable timber.
Some think the venerable old man is
rich enough to retire from the real
estate business, but the old fellow de-
clares he is just as young as he used to
be, and is only getting ready to engage
in business in earnest. They do say he
has an eye on lower California and
another on Cuba, and is reaching for
Canada with one hand and Mexico and
Central America with the other.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
A Chicago Banker.

L. j. Gage, the banker, is about the
medium height, rather slender, with a
face less handsome than strong and
thoughtful. He wears full beard.
thicllly sprinkled with gray. Every
morning by $50 he is in his room in the
bank, examining the condensed history
of the institution for the previous day
and clearings among his early mail.
When the big iron doors on Dearborn
street are flung open a stream of call
ers begins to arrive that continues UNI
til 3 o'clock. The small merchant
seeking an accommodation trifiing to
the bank is treated with the same
courtesy as is the commercial prince
who calls to negotiate for 800 900.
Mr.. Gage, like most successful men,
is hard worker, and, like most men
of real business genius, does his work
without appearing to exert himself.
He has been connected with banks ali
his life, serving in nearly every clerical
grade. Probably he could, if the
emergency arose, take the place of any
clerk in the First National. He was
one of the. quickest and sharpest of
teHers. The extraordinary growth of
the First National is credited tor the
most part to his management. His
salary is said to be $50, 600 year. His
fame as fnancier is national. His
papers upon finance and banking are
considered authorities. Chicago NeUs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
Joe JeTersOn's Home.

Mr.. Jefferson has built a typically
Southern house of baronial proper
tons, full of treasures from every
country in the world, on the very crest
of the hill; the verandas, with 'front.'
age of ninety feet, overlook the plain
Of Attakapas to the Gulf A hedge of
roses nearly as thick as the Chinese
wall runs for seven miles around the
uplands, dividing it from the sea-
marshes.
When the roses and magnolias and
orange plantations which encircle tie
house are in bloom they send their soft
greetings through the pure air for miles
across the praires.
The plantation is in charge of an
Acadian overseer, M. Joseph Landry,
who is a good representative of his
race, and a curious specimen, too, OF
the kind of man which intelligence,
shrewdness, brave simple nature,
and tremendous physique will make,
with no help whatever from society or
schools. The loyalty of these people
to their employers belongs to the
feudal days. The night before, Lam
dry had faced single handed a herd of
dHSIN CdDtlCs III VIC hiI Wv
lagoon in water to his waist from dark
until morning, to keep them from rush
ing down to the flooded sea marsh,
where they would inevitably have
drowned ''Can tight lie wat ct lie
cat" be grumbled, .'but lie mosquit'-
he beat me-"
MI. Jefferson is known to his AGA
dian neighborhood and the negroes
only as planter, wise in oranges and
cattle, but they have an intense Curl
osity concerning some other mystic
rious avocation which he is vaguely
reported to follow during the summer.
and which they suspect has something
to do with swallowing fire and swords.
One of his negroes, when they were
alone together on the prairie one day,
burst out with: s.M's' Jef'son, femme
see dat ar. We hyah all by oursePs.
Fob de Lohd's sake, cut up a bit. y
Re6ecca Harding Davis, IN Hafper's
Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
Hunters of Trufnes,

Italy is the home of the truffie hunter
and the truffle dog. Most people have
seen if not tasted a truff1e. In shape it
is more or less spherical, sometimes
studded over with warty protuber-
ances, sometimes smooth. It's size
varies greatly. In England it is sell
dom greater than large hens egg
or moderate-sized apple, but on the
continent it is often found much larger.
In color also it is variable. The COM
monest kind is the white, which has
coarse flavor and is but little esteemed.
This is probably the sort with which
the ancients were acquainted.
A red or purple variety is also found,
but it is rather rare. The black is the
best known and is generally consid-
cred to have the most delicate flavor.
The geographical distribution Of the
truffie is wide. 1t extends over most
of Europe, and most of Asia, and even
as far as Japan and the East Indies.
In England it is found in most of the
southern and midland counties, and
probably could be procured all over
the kingdom, but the regular trUfie
hunting is carried on only liz Hamp-
shire, Wiltshire, and Kent. In some
parts of Somersetshire another fungus
of an entirely different species. and
only resembling the truffle in being
subterraneous, is being sold under the
name of bath truffie."
Since it's growth is entirely subter-
raneous, without any shoots or other
signs of its presence above ground.
the hunters resort to peculiar method
to obtain it. Some animals, notably
the dog and the pig. which possesses a
delicate sense of smell, have also a
strong liking for the truff1e, which is
turned to account.
In England and in some parts of
France and Italy dogs are employed
in the search, a small, white, woolly
dog being specially trained for the pur-
pose. The English dogs are inferior
in skill to those used in Italy, where
they are often trained so we'll that the
hunter can send his animals out, even
at night, without troubling to follow
them, and yet be sure they will bring
back all they find without tasting them.
But in England a close watch has to
be kept on the dogs or they will de-
your the dainty as soon as it has been
unearthed.
An Italian writer. Vittadini, tells of
some dogs in his possession which he
had trained to such perfection that if
he wanted a supply of any particular
variety he had only to give them one
to smell and they would search for
that kind only.
AS a rule the dogs hunt in couples.
Sometimes the hunter is furnished
with stout stick, tipped at one ex-
tremity with iron to the depth of about
three inches. This is used for Dig
ging up the truffles.
In parts of France and Italy, instead
of dogs, a pig is used. The kind
known as the Perigord pig is thought
to be the most expert. This animal
is also susceptible of certain amount
of training. GAS soon as the pig has
disinterred the truf1ie," says Flguier,
sit remains for a few moments mo-
tionless like pointer, but if it is kept
waiting too long IFS glusOony frequent
ly gets the better of its training" Ac-
cording to the same authority, a truf-
file pig well taught is worth 200 francs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24

shop he is simply an intolerabIa
bore. Lord Beaconsfield, indeed de-
fines the true bore as ssthat man who
thinks the world is only interested in
one subject, because he can only COM
prehend one."A
Most notable men are handed down
to posterity by their own idea; but
there are many exceptions to this rule.
We are told of celebrated comedian
who, by some strange infatuation,
thought himself destined to excel in
tragedy, and was much mortified when
on benefit nights he played Romeo and
the audience insisted on receiving it
as burlesque. The one idea OF
Charles Reade is well known. He was
not content with his fame as novelist,
but wanted to become famous as dra-
matist also, and there are few living
authors who are quite as ambitious.
Probably one of the most remarkable
men of one idea was Lord Palmerston,
who could think of little else but for
eign politics. An amusing story is
told of him in the ssGreville Memoirs. "
1.-The Queen" says Greville, 'stold
Clarendon an anecdote of Palmerston,
showing how exclusively absorbed lie
is with foreign politics. Her Majesty
has been much interested in and
alarmed at the strikes and troubles In
the north, and asked Palmerston for
details about them, when she found
that he knew nothing at all. One
morning after previous inquiries, she
said to him: Pray, Lord Palmerston,
have you any news?' To which he re-
piled: No, madame: I have heard
nothing; but it seems certain the Turks
have crossed the Danube" The fact
that Palmerston at this time was not
Foreign Minister, but Home Secretary,
adds point to the anecdote.
Some of our judges are men of one
idea. A short time ago a learned
judge had never heard the name of one
of the most popular actors of the dav:
and another asked:' What is bac-
carat?" which had been mentioned in
the course of a case tried before him.
At length, however, there are signs
that their lordships are becoming con-
scious of what is going on in the world,
and that they occasionally glance
through a newspaper. When one of
the counsel in recent case called Mr..
j. l.. Toole and said, ~ GU are known
as Mr.. j. l.. Toole, the lessee of Toole's
Theatre" the Lord Chief Justice tri-
exclaimed, 1--WE all know
that. This is certainly a hopeful
sign.